[Answered] -3 dust on improvments

WindnCloud

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13 years ago

May 22, 2012, 3:02:02 AM

I'm researching xenotourism and it looked to be a buff overall to my dust level but what does -3 on improvment mean?

Thanks.

SomethingBlue

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SomethingBlue

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13 years ago

May 22, 2012, 3:05:02 AM

It means it cost 3 dust per turn when it is built. This means if you don't have at least 3 people on the associated planet(s), then you should not build it.

Fenrakk101

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Fenrakk101

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13 years ago

May 22, 2012, 3:05:07 AM

WindnCloud wrote:
I'm researching xenotourism and it looked to be a buff overall to my dust level but what does -3 on improvment mean?

Thanks.

It means you'll lose 3 dust per turn to support the upgrade. That way you can't spam build it on every single system; it needs to actually generate enough Dust to be worthwhile.

davea

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davea

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13 years ago

May 22, 2012, 3:05:20 AM

It costs three dust per turn to run it. Its income varies based on your tax rate and the number of population in the system; so the income may or may not cover the expense.

Wow, a three way ninja.

Fenrakk101

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Fenrakk101

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13 years ago

May 22, 2012, 3:06:29 AM

davea wrote:
Wow, a three way ninja.

So do we all get ninja rep?

WindnCloud

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WindnCloud

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13 years ago

May 22, 2012, 3:06:45 AM

thanks for the help everyone

Fenrakk101

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Fenrakk101

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13 years ago

May 22, 2012, 3:09:23 AM

WindnCloud wrote:
thanks for the help everyone

Happy to help!

SomethingBlue

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SomethingBlue

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13 years ago

May 22, 2012, 3:11:44 AM

Three Ninjas? Wait, did I just show my age?

Fenrakk101

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Fenrakk101

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13 years ago

May 22, 2012, 3:14:31 AM

SomethingBlue wrote:
Three Ninjas? Wait, did I just show my age?

Given, it's not REALLY that old. And I'm pretty young and I've seen black and white movies from the World War 2 period. One, Two, Three was pretty damn funny.

Ghost73

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Ghost73

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13 years ago

May 22, 2012, 5:57:35 AM

WindnCloud wrote:
I'm researching xenotourism and it looked to be a buff overall to my dust level but what does -3 on improvment mean?

Thanks.

Before you build it, the taxation system in the game is really convoluted, and building dust improvements might actually reduce your dust income overall.

SomethingBlue wrote:
It means it cost 3 dust per turn when it is built. This means if you don't have at least 3 people on the associated planet(s), then you should not build it.

Unfortunately, it is not always that simple.

Check out my thread here for more information: Dust Production

VIPDMT

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VIPDMT

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13 years ago

May 22, 2012, 10:29:20 AM

CiV spoiled us with build everything in every city... I prefer to have to think about what I build on a universe scale...

SomethingBlue

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SomethingBlue

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13 years ago

May 22, 2012, 10:40:29 PM

Ghost73 wrote:
Before you build it, the taxation system in the game is really convoluted, and building dust improvements might actually reduce your dust income overall.

Unfortunately, it is not always that simple.

Check out my thread here for more information: Dust Production

Yeah, I looked into that later, but decided to leave the simplest, albeit somewhat incorrect answer for the new player. Most new players do not even understand there is a tax slider (took me a few games myself) and since the tax is auto set on 50% (I think) it would apply to them.

Fenrakk101

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